2017 Colgate Raiders football team

The 2017 Colgate Raiders football team represented Colgate University in the 2017 NCAA Division I FCS football season. They were led by fourth-year head coach Dan Hunt and played their home games at Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium. They were a member of the Patriot League. They finished the season 7–4, 5–1 in Patriot League play to finish in a tie for the Patriot League championship with Lehigh. Due to their head-to-head loss over Lehigh, they did not receive a bid to the FCS Playoffs.

2017 Colgate Raiders football
Patriot League co-champion
ConferencePatriot League
Record7–4 (5–1 Patriot)
Head coach
Offensive coordinatorChris Young (4th season)
Defensive coordinatorPaul Shaffner (5th season)
Home stadiumCrown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
Seasons
← 2016
2018 →
2017 Patriot League football standings
Conf Overall
Team   W   L     W   L  
Colgate +   5 1     7 4  
Lehigh +^   5 1     5 7  
Holy Cross   3 3     4 7  
Fordham   3 3     4 7  
Lafayette   3 3     3 8  
Bucknell   2 4     5 6  
Georgetown   0 6     1 10  
  • + – Conference co-champions
  • ^ – FCS playoff participant

Schedule

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DateTimeOpponentSiteTVResultAttendance
August 267:00 p.m.at No. 23 Cal Poly*ESPNUW 20–148,428
September 91:00 p.m.No. 9 Richmond* STADIUML 17–206,994
September 166:00 p.m.at Buffalo*ESPN3L 10–3311,546
September 231:00 p.m.Furman*
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUML 14–454,119
September 301:30 p.m.at Cornell*ILNW 21–73,325
October 71:00 p.m.Lehigh
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUML 38–412,986
October 14NoonFordham
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUMW 38–122,622
October 21Noonat Holy CrossSTADIUMW 45–76,784
October 281:00 p.m.Bucknell
  • Crown Field at Andy Kerr Stadium
  • Hamilton, NY
STADIUMW 40–36,763
November 1112:30 p.m.at LafayetteSTADIUMW 27–05,612
November 181:00 p.m.at GeorgetownSTADIUMW 35–102,211
  • *Non-conference game
  •  Homecoming
  • Rankings from STATS Poll released prior to the game
  • All times are in Eastern time

Game summaries

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At Cal Poly

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 10 7 3 0 20
No. 23 Mustangs 0 0 0 14 14

Richmond

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1 2 3 4 Total
No. 9 Spiders 0 7 0 13 20
Raiders 0 7 7 3 17

At Buffalo

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 3 0 7 0 10
Bulls 20 10 0 3 33

Furman

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1 2 3 4 Total
Paladins 21 17 7 0 45
Raiders 0 7 7 0 14

At Cornell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 0 7 21
Big Red 0 0 7 0 7

Lehigh

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1 2 3 4 Total
Mountain Hawks 14 7 7 13 41
Raiders 7 21 0 10 38

Fordham

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1 2 3 4 Total
Rams 0 0 6 6 12
Raiders 14 3 7 14 38

At Holy Cross

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 10 21 7 45
Crusaders 7 0 0 0 7

Bucknell

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1 2 3 4 Total
Bison 3 0 0 0 3
Raiders 6 27 0 7 40

At Lafayette

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 0 14 13 0 27
Leopards 0 0 0 0 0

At Georgetown

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1 2 3 4 Total
Raiders 7 14 14 0 35
Hoyas 10 0 0 0 10

Ranking movements

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Ranking movements
Legend: ██ Increase in ranking ██ Decrease in ranking
— = Not ranked RV = Received votes
Week
PollPre123456789101112Final
STATS FCSRVRVRVRVRVRVRV
Coaches25RV

References

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